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HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Friday, March 01, 2013                  Workers at the Bowling Green assembly plant gathered to see the last C6 Chevrolet Corvette come off the... Last C6 Corvette rolls off the line All the Chevrolet Corvette talk these days is focused on the 2014 Stingray, the seventh-generation car that arrives this fall. But the C6 era only ended Feb. 28 as the last car rolled off the assembly line in Bowling Green, Ky. That car, a 2013 Corvette 427...   Racing industry experts continue debate on new concepts in speedway fencing Calls for NASCAR, IndyCar and other sanctioning bodies to address catch fencing concerns were heard long before Kyle Larson's Nationwide Series car crashed last weekend at Daytona International Speedway, injuring at least 28...   2013 Chevrolet Volt review notes NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: I analyzed the 2013 Chevrolet Volt from both of its sides during my one-night stint. On the way home I didn’t consume a drop of gas, according to the on-board computer,...   Project Car Hell, One-Way Ticket To Crazy Town Edition: Double-Header Mazda or Baffling Lincoln? Last week, the Hell Garage offered eternal torment with forward-control Detroit trucks that were a little on the sensible side. Finish a Jeep FC-170 or Dodge A100 project, even an endless...   Bench Racing: 2013 Geneva motor show preview With the 2013 Geneva motor show kicking off in less than one week, join Autoweek editors as we break down what to look out for. One Autoweek editor deemed Geneva the “supercar show of the year,” a title backed up by unveilings...   Looking back: 1988 Geneva motor show Geneva's reputation as a neutral zone among European automakers set the stage for creativity at the 1988 Geneva motor show. While Volkswagen redesigned the   American Alexander Rossi lands Friday F1 test role with Caterham America will have a regular presence on Formula One weekends this season as Alexander Rossi has been guaranteed some Friday practice-session appearances with Caterham. Rossi, who drove in the Friday F1   Formula One TV partner moving closer to offering live 3D broadcasts of races Formula One racing is coming to 3D television. BSkyB, the U.K.-based pay-TV broadcaster, is conducting a live 3D trial for Formula One Management throughout the final 2013 pre-season test sessions in Barcelona, Spain. BSkyB subscribers with... You May Have Missed...   2013 Dodge Dart long-term sedan review: Introducing our new long-term Dodge Dart It's hard to overstate how crucial the success of the Dodge Dart is to Chrysler, as well as to parent company Fiat. The international conglomerate invested $700 million in a factory in Illinois to build the Dart—a factory that can pump out more than 400,000 copies annually. That's a lot of...   1962 El Tiburon 'Shark' roadster bound for Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance Geoffrey Hacker is planning on showing the sleek 1962 El Tiburon "Shark" roadster at the upcoming Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance -- provided he gets it put back together first, that is. 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Penske climbed the steps of his pit ...   Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 drive review What is it?The largest and arguably most extreme SUV to ever hail from Mercedes-Benz's passenger car operations -- the lunatic 536-hp, six-wheel G63 AMG 6x6.Set to be produced on a limited basis at Magna Steyr's operations in Graz, Austria, this fall, the colossal pickup started life as a six-...   Toyota FT-86 opens up for Geneva motor show Enthusiasts have embraced the athletic ethos of the Toyota GT86, or Scion FR-S as it's known in America. Now comes the open-air version, which debuts in concept form next week at the Geneva motor show.Called the FT-86 Open, the concept retains the basics of its coupe sibling -- but as the name...   100 years of Aston Martin The history of Aston Martin is peppered with brilliant cars: the 1.5-liter, the Ulster, the DB4, the Zagato. The list is endless. Beautiful, yet powerful, on the road; glamorous, yet quick, on the track, Aston Martin has come to personify that special variety of tasteful, very British gentleman's...   2013 BMW Alpina B3 Biturbo set for Geneva debut The 2013 BMW Alpina B3 Biturbo will debut at the Geneva motor show next week. Unfortunately there's no word on whether the cleaned-up tuner will come stateside.Power for the B3 comes from BMW's twin-turbocharged I6 engine, which in this application has an output of 410 hp and 442 lb-ft of torque....   Watch a NASCAR tire change from up close In NASCAR, tire changes happen so fast, it's sometimes tough to appreciate what is going on.Check out this video from www.uRaceIfilm.com, that shows tire changer Chris Winchell's perspective as he changes the two front tires of David Gilliland's car last year at Homestead.In addition to Winchell's...   Grand-Am Series takes first laps at Circuit of the Americas It took just one test session for Grand-Am Road Racing veteran Scott Pruett to come away impressed with the 3.4-mile Circuit of the Americas racing facility at Austin, Texas.“By far, this is the most spectacular track that I've been to in a long time,” said five-time Rolex Series DP...   Sam Hornish Jr. leads NASCAR Nationwide Series for first time Riding a high he hasn't experienced in his NASCAR career, Sam Hornish Jr. heads to the one-mile track in Phoenix for Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Dollar General 200 Fueled by AmeriGas (4:30 p.m. ET) with something he's never had before -- the series lead.His runner-up performance in last Saturday's ...   Phoenix NASCAR race offers different challenges than Daytona No one can blame Jimmie Johnson if he seems a little tired when he first arrives at Phoenix International Raceway for Sunday's Subway Fresh Fit 500. 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